LORRAINE NADEL, admitted to the bar in 1989, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: Boston University (B.S., cum laude, Business Administration, 1983); Benjamin Cardozo School of Law (J.D., 1989). Articles Editor, Cardozo International Law Journal, 1989. Member: New York State and American Bar Associations; New York County Lawyers' Association, Brooklyn Bar Association. Ms. Nadel, who was an accountant with a big eight accounting firm prior to entering law school, began her legal career as a commercial litigation attorney with the law firm of J. Michael Gottesman in New York City. Thereafter, she was a founding partner of the law firm of Shay & Nadel, which was re-named Nadel & Associates, P.C. in 1996. Ms. Nadel is a skilled and accomplished litigator. As examples, 1) Her success in a trial was covered on the front page of the New York Law Journal on November 20, 2000; 2) Another winning decision in a real property case Chatwin v. Chatwin was published on the front page of the Court Decisions Section of the New York Law Journal on April 11, 2001; 3) On April 23, 2002 she was the guest speaker at the Manhattan Brownstone Revival Coalition's 15th Annual Brownstone Market Seminar on the topic of Landlord/Tenant & Real Estate Litigation. MICHAEL J. CIARLO, admitted to bar; 1999, New York University (B.A., cum laude, 1995); Education: Brooklyn Law School (J.D., 1998). Mr. Ciarlo joined our firm in November 1999 and specializes in real estate litigation, commercial litigation, and landlord tenant litigation. KEVIN THURMAN , born in Glen Cove, New York, 1977, admitted to the bar in 2004, New York. Education: Bucknell University (B.A 1999); Hofstra University School of Law (J.D., 2002). PRACTICE AREAS: Commercial and Civil Litigation; Real Estate and Construction Law; Landlord and Tenant Law; Matrimonial and Family Law JOANNA CAROL GALIA, born in West Islip, New York, April 25, 1977, admitted to the bar in 2002, New York. Education: State University of New York at Albany (B.A., cum laude, 1998); New York Law School (J.D., 2001). New York Law School 1998-2001. PRACTICE AREAS: Commercial and Civil Litigation; Matrimonial Law; Family Law; Wills and Estates. NETANEL NEWBERGER, born in Smithtown, New York, February 6, 1978, admitted to the bar in 2002, New Jersey and 2003, New York. Education: Yeshiva University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1998); Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (J.D., 2002). Cardozo/American Bar Association Negotiation Competition; Monrad Paulsen Moot Court Competition. PRACTICE AREAS: Litigation in the areas of Real Estate Law; Commercial and Corporate Law; Wills and Estates.